CN115499919A

CN115499919A - Method, terminal and network equipment for configuring interval

Info

Publication number: CN115499919A
Application number: CN202110681013.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒲文娟; 鲍炜
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-18
Filing date: 2021-06-18
Publication date: 2022-12-20
Also published as: US20240121635A1; WO2022262867A1; EP4358615A1

Abstract

The application discloses a method, a terminal and a network device for configuring an interval, which belong to the technical field of wireless communication, and the method for configuring the interval comprises the following steps: a terminal sends a first request to a network device, wherein the first request is used for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connection DC state; and the terminal receives gap configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the gap configuration information is used for configuring or reconfiguring at least one gap.

Description

Method, terminal and network equipment for configuring interval

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of wireless communication, and particularly relates to a method, a terminal and a network device for configuring an interval.

Background

In a fifth generation (5generation, 5g) mobile communication system, a User Equipment (UE, also called a terminal) may employ a Dual Connectivity (DC) architecture that may provide the UE with resources of two network nodes (access network elements), one of which is called a Master Node (MN) and the other is called a Secondary Node (SN). Wherein for each network node, a series of serving cells, also referred to as cell groups (CA), controlled by the network node may be configured for the UE using Carrier Aggregation (CA). Among them, a Cell Group controlled by MN is called Master Cell Group (MCG), and a Cell Group controlled by SN is called Slave Cell Group (SCG).

However, in the related art, when the UE needs to request configuration of a gap (gap) required for performing a service, there is a problem that the gap configuration flexibility is poor and communication performance of the UE in the DC architecture is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method, a terminal and a network device for configuring an interval, which can ensure the communication performance of UE under a DC architecture.

In a first aspect, a method for configuring an interval is provided, including: a terminal sends a first request to a network device, wherein the first request is used for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connection DC state; and the terminal receives gap configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the gap configuration information is used for configuring or reconfiguring at least one gap.

In a second aspect, a method for configuring an interval is provided, including: the method comprises the steps that a network device receives a first request sent by a terminal, wherein the first request is used for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connection DC state; and the network equipment sends gap configuration information to the terminal, wherein the gap configuration information is used for the terminal to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

In a third aspect, an apparatus for configuring an interval is provided, where the apparatus is applied to a terminal, and the apparatus includes: a first sending module, configured to send a first request to a network device, where the first request is used to request the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connectivity DC state; a first receiving module, configured to receive gap configuration information sent by the network device, where the gap configuration information is used to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

In a fourth aspect, an apparatus for configuring an interval is provided, where the apparatus is applied to a network device, and the apparatus includes: a second receiving module, configured to receive a first request sent by a terminal, where the first request is used to request the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connectivity DC state; a second sending module, configured to send gap configuration information to the terminal, where the gap configuration information is used for the terminal to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

In a fifth aspect, there is provided a terminal comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, performs the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, a terminal is provided, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a seventh aspect, a network device is provided, which comprises a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, which when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In an eighth aspect, a network device is provided, which comprises a processor and a communication interface, wherein the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In a ninth aspect, there is provided a readable storage medium on which is stored a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of the first aspect or the steps of the method of the second aspect.

In a tenth aspect, a chip is provided, the chip comprising a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface being coupled to the processor, the processor being configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect or to implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In an eleventh aspect, there is provided a computer program product stored in a non-transitory storage medium, the program/program product being executable by at least one processor to implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect or to implement the steps of the method according to the second aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, a terminal sends a first request to a network device, where the first request is used to request the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a DC state; the terminal receives gap configuration information sent by the network equipment, and the gap configuration information is used for configuring or reconfiguring at least one gap, so that the flexibility of gap configuration can be improved, and the communication performance of the terminal under the DC architecture can be improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a wireless communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an interval according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an interval according to another exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an interval according to another exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring an interval according to another exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring a gap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for configuring a gap according to another exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments that can be derived from the embodiments given herein by a person of ordinary skill in the art are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in other sequences than those illustrated or otherwise described herein, and that the terms "first" and "second" used herein generally refer to a class and are not to be construed as limiting the number of objects, for example, a first object can be one or more. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, and a character "/" generally indicates a relationship in which a front and rear associated object is an "or".

It is noted that the techniques described in the embodiments of the present application are not limited to Long Term Evolution (LTE)/LTE Evolution (LTE-Advanced) systems, but may also be used in other wireless communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), single-carrier Frequency-Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" in the embodiments of the present application are often used interchangeably, and the described techniques can be used for both the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies, as well as for other systems and radio technologies. The following description describes a New Radio (NR) system for exemplary purposes and NR terminology is used in much of the description below, but the techniques may also be applied to applications other than NR system applications, such as 6th generation (6 g) communication systems.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a wireless communication system to which an embodiment of the present application is applicable. The wireless communication system includes a terminal 11 and a network device 12. Wherein, the terminal 11 may also be called as a terminal Device or a User Equipment (UE), the terminal 11 may be a Mobile phone, a Tablet Personal Computer (Tablet Personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer) or a notebook Computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a palmtop Computer, a netbook, a super-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC), a Mobile Internet Device (MID), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device) or a vehicle-mounted Device (VUE), a pedestrian terminal (PUE), and other terminal side devices, the Wearable Device includes: smart watches, bracelets, earphones, eyeglasses, and the like. It should be noted that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific type of the terminal 11. The network device 12 may be a Base Station or a core network, wherein the Base Station may be referred to as a node B, an evolved node B, an access Point, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a radio Base Station, a radio Transceiver, a Basic Service Set (BSS), an Extended Service Set (ESS), a node B, an evolved node B (eNB), a home node B, a home evolved node B, a WLAN access Point, a WiFi node, a Transmit Receive Point (TRP), or some other suitable terminology in the field, as long as the same technical effect is achieved, the Base Station is not limited to a specific technical vocabulary, and it should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, only the Base Station in the NR system is taken as an example, but the specific type of the Base Station is not limited.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings by using some embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

As shown in fig. 2, a flowchart of a method 200 for configuring an interval according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application is provided, where the method 200 may be, but is not limited to being, executed by a terminal, and in particular may be executed by hardware and/or software installed in the terminal. In this embodiment, the method 200 may include at least the following steps.

S210, the terminal sends a first request to the network equipment.

Wherein the first request is for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap (gap), at least one of the gaps being a gap associated with a DC state. In this embodiment, "associated with a DC state" may be understood as: requesting the network device to configure at least one gap for the DC state by a first request when the terminal is configured in the DC state, or requesting the network device to configure a gap in the DC state by a first request when the terminal is not configured in the DC state (e.g., currently in a single-connection state). It should be noted that the network configures the terminal with a gap before the terminal is configured as a dual connection, and the configured gap may also be used in a single connection state.

In addition, the gap described in this embodiment may be a Multi-card Identity Module (Multi-SIM) gap or other gaps. It is understood that the terminal requests the network device to configure the gap in order that the terminal is allowed to temporarily not perform a specific operation in the network during the gap, for example, the terminal may not listen to the schedule of the network during the gap or may not listen to the channel of the network during the gap. The specific purpose of the terminal to use gap is not limited in this application. For example, the terminal applies for a gap in the network 1, during which the network 1 allows the terminal not to listen to the schedule in the present network, during which the terminal may perform measurement services in the present network or perform services to networks of other cards.

In addition, the name of the gap is not limited in the present application, and the gap may also be referred to as a gap, a leaving time, a leaving duration, a leaving gap, a suspending time, a suspending duration, a suspending gap, a deactivation time, a deactivation duration, a deactivation gap, and the like.

Optionally, if the first request is used to request multiple gaps, the multiple gaps may be different time information and different types of gaps, or may be the same time information and different types of gaps, or may be different time information and the same type of gaps, and the like, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the network device receiving the first request may be different in consideration of whether the terminal is configured in the DC state. For example, the network device may include a MN and/or a SN in the case where the terminal is configured in a DC state. That is, when the terminal is configured in the DC state, the terminal may send only the first request to the MN to request the MN to configure or reconfigure at least one gap for it, may send only the first request to the SN to request the SN to configure or reconfigure at least one gap for it, and may send the first request to the MN and the SN at the same time or in a time-sharing manner to request the MN and the SN to configure or reconfigure at least one gap for them, respectively.

It should be noted that, if the terminal only sends the first request to the MN, the MN alone may determine the gap configuration information, or the MN may forward the first request or information related to the SN in the first request to the SN, and then the SN alone determines the gap configuration information, or the MN and the SN negotiate to determine the gap configuration information.

Alternatively, if the terminal sends the first request only to the SN, the gap configuration information may be determined by the SN alone, or the SN may forward the first request or information related to the MN in the first request to the MN, and further determine the gap configuration information by the MN alone, or negotiate with the SN to determine the gap configuration information.

Alternatively, if the terminal sends the first request to the MN and the SN, the first request may include information related to the MN and the SN at the same time, or may include only information related to the MN or only information related to the SN, and further determine the gap configuration information through negotiation between the MN and the SN or by itself.

For another example, in a case where the terminal is not configured in the DC state, the network device receiving the first request may include a first serving base station (not including MN or SN) providing access service for the terminal, and the gap configuration information is determined by the first serving base station and a second serving base station, and the second serving base station includes at least one candidate SN. This can be understood as follows: when the terminal is not configured to the DC state, gap configuration information in the DC state, such as configuration information of an MCG gap, configuration information of an SCG gap, and the like, may be configured in advance by the first serving base station and/or the second serving base station.

In addition, if there is a candidate SN for the terminal (i.e., the second serving base station), the candidate SN may also participate in the gap configuration process. For example, although the terminal is not configured with SN yet, the serving base station (i.e. the first serving base station) of the current terminal prepares to configure the candidate SN1 to the terminal as SN, before the first serving base station of the current terminal sends gap configuration information to the terminal, at least part of the information of the first request and/or at least part of the information of the gap configuration information determined by the MN may be sent to the candidate SN, and the candidate SN1 determines appropriate gap configuration information, for example, determines SCG gap. In one implementation, in the case that the terminal sends the first request to the network device, the network device may indicate to the terminal whether to allow the terminal to send the first request through a broadcast message or dedicated signaling.

It should be noted that the first request mentioned in the present application may be sent through Radio Resource Control (RRC), medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE), or Uplink Control Information (UCI); and the subsequent Gap configuration Information may be sent through RRC or MAC CE or Downlink Control Information (DCI), which is not limited in this application.

S220, the terminal receives gap configuration information sent by the network equipment.

Wherein the gap configuration information is used for the terminal to configure or reconfigure at least one gap in a DC state.

In one implementation, the terminal may further send the first request to the network device again after receiving the gap configuration information sent by the network device, so that, if the gap configuration information sent by the network device does not satisfy the gap requirement of the terminal or the gap requirement of the terminal is changed, the first request may be sent again to request the network device to adjust the gap configuration to adapt to the gap requirement of the terminal.

In this embodiment, whether the terminal is configured in the DC state is fully considered, and then a gap configuration is requested from the corresponding network device, so that, on one hand, flexible gap configuration can be implemented according to the DC state, and on the other hand, the terminal can directly request the gap of the MCG from the MN and directly request the gap of the SCG from the SN without negotiation and information exchange between the MN and the SN, thereby avoiding problems such as transmitting relevant gap configuration information between network interfaces, reducing gap application/configuration delay and system signaling overhead, and effectively improving communication performance of the terminal in the DC state (or architecture).

As shown in fig. 3, a flowchart of a method 300 for configuring an interval according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application is provided, and the method 300 may be, but is not limited to being, executed by a terminal, and in particular may be executed by hardware and/or software installed in the terminal. In this embodiment, the method 300 may include at least the following steps.

S310, the terminal sends a first request to the network equipment.

Wherein the first request is for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, at least one of the gaps being a gap associated with a DC state.

It is to be noted that, in addition to the implementation process of S310, reference may be made to the related description in method embodiment 200, as a possible implementation manner, at least one of the following (1) to (8) may be carried in the first request.

(1) And (4) gap identification.

The gap identifier may be explicitly or implicitly carried in the first request, for example, the gap identifier may be implicitly indicated according to the duration of the gap from high to low. For example, the terminal requests three gaps, the durations of the gaps are 80,40,20, the identifiers of the three gaps are sorted according to the duration of the gaps, and the appearance sequence of the three gaps represents the first identifier, the second identifier, and the third identifier. If the terminal requests to use the first gap, it indicates that the gap has a usage duration of 80.

In addition, if the first request is used for applying for one gap configuration, the first request may not carry a gap identifier, and if the first request is used for applying for multiple gap configurations, the first request may carry a gap identifier for distinguishing multiple different gaps.

(2) Of the gap type.

Wherein the gap type includes at least one of a gap of each terminal (per UE), a gap of each Frequency range (per FR), FR1 gap, FR2 gap, a gap of each cell group (per CG), MCG gap, SCG gap, periodic gap, one shot gap, a gap of each transmission direction (per direction gap), a gap of an uplink direction (UL), and a gap of a downlink Direction (DL).

In this embodiment, some gap types may be configured by protocol convention or network configuration. For example, if the terminal applies for per FR gap, the network device may default the per FR gap type applied by the terminal to include UL gap and DL gap; for another example, if the first request is sent in the a cell group and the gap type is one shot gap, the network device may default the gap type applied to be the gap of the a cell group.

In other embodiments, the gap type may also be a gap per carrier, a gap per Bandwidth Part (BWP), a gap per serving cell, or a gap of other granularity, which is not limited in this application.

(3) And the relevant time information of gap.

Wherein the related time information of the gap comprises at least one of a gap length, a gap period, a gap start time, a gap end time and a gap scale factor. In this embodiment, different gaps may have the same or different time information, such as gap length, gap period, gap start time, gap end time, and the like.

In one embodiment, the time information related to the gap may further include a gap scaling factor. The gap scaling factor is used to partition the at least one gap. For example, the terminal sends a first request requesting allocation of at least one gap while indicating a scaling factor of 1, and then the network configures the terminal with the gap. If the terminal is in a single connection state, no scaling factor is used. If the terminal works in the double-connection state, the terminal determines that the MCG gap and the SCG gap are respectively the first half gap and the second half gap of the configured gap according to the configured gap duration and the scale factor.

In addition, the gap scaling factor may be a specific value agreed by a protocol or configured by a network or an index value or a number value of a certain mapping relationship, which is not limited herein.

(4) First indication information for indicating a request type of the first request, wherein the request type includes at least one of adding a gap configuration, modifying a gap configuration, and releasing a gap configuration. Wherein, adding the gap configuration may be understood as configuring or adding new gap, modifying the gap configuration may be understood as reconfiguring the gap, and releasing the gap configuration may be understood as deleting or canceling the gap.

(5) Second indication information for requesting to enable or disable at least one gap.

For example, the terminal may be instructed to perform enable (which may also be understood as requesting use, including using configured gap or immediately after configuration) or disable (which may also be understood as not using, including not immediately after configuration or stopping use of configured gap) operation on configured gap through indication information of one bit (bit).

As another example, the second indication information may also be several bits indicating a gap identifier, i.e. a gap identifier corresponding to a gap that is desired to be enabled or disabled.

As another example, the second indication information may also indicate a gap type, i.e., a gap type corresponding to a gap that is desired to be enabled or disabled.

(6) And third indication information used for indicating the terminal to return to the network in advance during the gap.

In one implementation, the third indication information may be used to indicate that the terminal is capable of monitoring a channel during the gap or that the terminal is capable of monitoring a network schedule, or that the terminal requests a network schedule or dynamically indicates a gap end time of the terminal, in addition to indicating that the terminal is advanced to return to the network during the gap, which is not limited herein.

(7) And fourth indication information, configured to indicate that the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap during the gap, or that the terminal requests to switch the gap during the gap.

In one implementation, assuming that the gap currently used by the terminal is gap a, the terminal may indicate that the reconfiguration of gap a during gap a is required or request a handover from gap a to gap B through fourth indication information.

Wherein, gap A or gap B can be periodic gap or one shot gap, etc.

(8) Fifth indication information for indicating a DC-related operation mode of the terminal during the gap.

The operation mode may include an uplink power sharing mode, a DC state, a non-DC state, and the like.

For example, the fifth indication information may indicate that the configured uplink power sharing mode is requested in a case where the terminal is configured as DC; as another example, the fifth indication information may indicate whether the gap requested to be configured in the first request can be used in a case where the terminal is configured as DC in a case where the terminal is not configured as DC. As another example, the fifth indication information may also be used to indicate whether the terminal wishes to be configured in the DC state.

On the basis of the foregoing, in order to improve the efficiency and reliability of the gap configuration, as one possible implementation manner in the present embodiment, the terminal may send the first request to the MN in a case where the network device includes the MN and at least one of the following (1) to (8) is satisfied.

(1) The first request is for requesting a configuration or reconfiguration per UE gap.

The per UE gap may be understood as that the gap type requested in the first request is at least a gap of the per UE type, and it may be understood that the per UE gap may also be a periodic gap type, a one shot gap type, or another gap type.

(2) The first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of the FR1 gap.

In one implementation, the terminal may send the first request to the MN if the terminal is configured with intra-FR1 DC and the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of FR1 gap. Wherein, the "intra-FR1 DC" can be immediately that MCG and MCG both work in FR1.

In another implementation manner, in a case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR2 and the first request is used for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR1 gap, the terminal may further send the first request to the MN. Herein, "MCG FR1 and SCG FR2" can be understood as MCG working and FR1 and SCG working on FR2. (3) The first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of the FR2 gap.

In one implementation, the terminal may send a first request to the MN if the terminal is configured with intra-FR2 DC and the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of FR2 gap.

In another implementation manner, in a case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR1, and the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR2 gap, the terminal may further send the first request to the MN. (4) The first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of the MCG gap.

In one implementation, the terminal may send the first request to the MN in a case where the network device indicates that the MCG gap is supported for configuration and the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of the MCG gap.

(5) The first request is for requesting configuration of an SCG gap when no SN is added.

Wherein "without SN added" can be understood as: the terminal has not been configured to the DC state, but requires the SCG gap to be preconfigured.

(6) The terminal performs Conditional Handover (CHO).

In one implementation, when the terminal is configured with the MCG gap and/or the SCG gap, and the terminal performs the conditional handover when the CHO execution condition is satisfied, that is, the terminal is handed over to the target MN, and at this time, the gap requirement of the MCG gap and/or the SCG gap may change, the terminal may send the first request to the target MN during the handover.

(7) The first request is used for requesting the terminal to return to the network in advance during the gap.

Among these, "return to the network in advance" can be understood as: the terminal may return to the network in advance when the gap end time or time of the gap is not reached. "return network" may be understood as residing in the network, or listening to the schedule in the network, or transmitting and receiving in the network, or listening to the channel in the network, etc.

In one implementation, the first request may be used to indicate that the remaining time of at least the currently in-use gap is expired or that the remaining time of at least the current gap is cancelled.

In another implementation, the first request may also be used to dynamically indicate the gap end time. For example, if the network has a long gap, the time when the terminal sends the first request, the time when the network side receives the first request, or the time indicated in the first request indicates the end time of the gap.

(8) The first request is used for requesting the terminal to reconfigure the gap during the gap or switch the gap.

Based on this, when the terminal sends the first request to the MN, the terminal can send the first request to the MN through the MCG; or/and sending the first request to the MN through a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) 1 or SRB 3. For example, in MCG RLF, the UE may carry the first request when sending MCG failure information to the MN through split SRB1 or SRB 3.

In addition, as another possible implementation manner in this embodiment, the terminal may further send the first request to the SN when the network device includes the SN and at least one of the following (1) to (6) is satisfied.

(1) The first request is to request a configuration or reconfiguration of the SCG gap.

(2) In the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR1, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR1 gap.

Wherein "MCG FR2 and SCG FR1" are understood to be: when the terminal is configured in the DC state, the MCG operates in FR2 and the SCG operates in FR1.

(3) In the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR2, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR2 gap.

Wherein "MCG FR1 and SCG FR2" are understood to be: when the terminal is configured in the DC state, MCG operates in FR1 and SCG operates in FR2.

(4) The terminal performs Conditional primary and secondary cell change (CPC).

In one implementation, when the UE is configured with an MCG gap and/or an SCG gap, and the terminal performs conditional handover when the CPC execution condition is satisfied, that is, handover to the target SN, where a gap requirement of the MCG gap and/or the SCG gap may change, the UE may send a first request to the target SN during the CPC execution process.

(5) During the gap configured by the SN, the terminal needs to return to the network in advance.

(6) During the gap configured by the SN, the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap or switch the gap.

Based on this, when the terminal sends the first request to the SN, the first request may be implemented in any one of the following manners one to three.

The method I comprises the following steps: and in the case that the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 and the SCG where the terminal is located is in an active state, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through the split SRB1 or SRB 3.

The second method comprises the following steps: in case the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3, but the SCG is inactive, the terminal sends the first request to the SN via MCG.

The third method comprises the following steps: in case the terminal is not configured with split SRB1 or SRB3, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through MCG.

Further, it is considered that, according to different network devices, after receiving the first request sent by the terminal, the network device may determine the gap configuration information by itself (e.g., MN, SN, or serving base station), or may determine the gap configuration information by negotiating with each other (e.g., MN and SN).

For example, if the network device includes a MN, the MN is required to determine the gap configuration information or the MN and the SN are required to negotiate to determine the gap configuration information, the MN sends at least one of the following (1) - (5) to the SN.

(1) At least part of the information carried in the first request. For example, only the gap request information related to the SN in the first request may be sent, or all information carried in the first request may be sent to the SN.

(2) At least part of gap configuration information configured by the MN. For example, the at least part of the information may be gap configuration information indicating only periodic gaps among the gap configuration information.

(3) And when the SN is the switched target SN, configuring at least part of information in the gap configuration information configured by the source SN.

(4) And under the condition that the SN is the switched target SN, the source SN receives at least part of information in the first request.

(5) Configuration information of a gap requested to be used by the terminal, or configuration information of a gap being used by the terminal.

For another example, if the network device includes a SN, the SN sends at least one of the following (1) to (3) to the MN in a case where the MN is required to determine the gap configuration information or where the SN and the MN are required to negotiate to determine the gap configuration information.

(1) At least part of the information carried in the first request.

(2) At least part of gap configuration information of the SN configuration.

(3) Configuration information of a gap requested to be used by the terminal, or configuration information of a gap being used by the terminal.

For another example, if the network device includes a first serving base station, the first serving base station sends at least one of the following items (1) - (3) to the second serving base station in a case where the second serving base station is required to determine the gap configuration information or the first serving base station and the second serving base station are required to negotiate to determine the gap configuration information.

(1) At least part of the information carried in the first request.

(2) At least part of gap configuration information configured by the first serving base station.

In addition, as a possible implementation manner, the terminal may send the first request to the network device after receiving indication information sent by the network device, where the indication information is used to indicate the network device to support the terminal to apply for gap, for example, the support terminal applies for MCG gap, SCG gap, periodic gap, per UE gap, and so on, thereby ensuring reliability of gap configuration.

S320, the terminal receives gap configuration information sent by the network equipment.

Wherein the gap configuration information is used to configure or reconfigure at least one of the gaps.

It should be noted that, in addition to the implementation process of S310 referring to the related description in method embodiment 200, as a possible implementation manner, the gap configuration information may be sent by the network device to the terminal through MCG SRB1, SRB3, or split SRB 1. Of course, in this embodiment, the gap configuration information may include at least one of the following (1) - (7).

(1) And (4) gap identification.

(2) Of the gap type.

(3) And the relevant time information of gap.

(4) Sixth indication information for indicating enabling or disabling of the at least one gap configuration.

(5) Seventh indication information for indicating the terminal to release at least one gap configuration.

(6) Eighth indication information for indicating a DC-related operation mode during the gap.

(7) Ninth indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to switch the gap.

For the related descriptions that may include (1) - (7) in the gap configuration information, reference may be made to the foregoing description of the first request, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition. Wherein, the ninth indication information may be only 1-bit information, which indicates to switch the gap, and then the terminal switches to the default gap at this time; or the ninth indication information may be several bits indicating the identity of the target gap for handover.

Considering that the gap configuration information is a gap for the terminal to configure the DC state, as a possible implementation, at least one of the following (1) - (9) included in the gap configuration information may be determined by the MN.

(1) per configuration of UE gap.

(2) per FR gap configuration.

(3) And when the terminal is configured with intra-FR1 DC, configuring the FR1 gap.

Among these, "intra-FR1 DC" is understood to be: when the terminal is configured in the DC state, both MCG and SCG have a serving cell operating in FR1.

(4) And when the terminal is configured with intra-FR2 DC, configuring the FR2 gap.

Wherein "intra-FR2 DC" is understood to be: when the terminal is configured in the DC state, both MCG and SCG have a serving cell operating in FR2.

Intra-FR1 DC and Intra-FR2 DC can coexist, and the terminal can apply for per FR gap.

(5) In the case where the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR2, the configuration of FR1 gap.

(6) The configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR1.

(7) Configuration of the MCG gap.

(8) And requesting the configuration of one shot gap from the MN.

(9) Configuration of periodic gap requested from the MN.

Accordingly, at least one of the following (1) - (5) included in the gap configuration information is determined by the SN.

(1) In case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR1, the configuration of FR1 gap.

(2) The configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR2.

(3) Configuration of the SCG gap.

(4) And configuring the one shot gap requested from the SN.

(5) Configuration of periodic gap requested from the SN.

S330, the terminal configures or reconfigures at least one gap according to the gap configuration information.

As a possible implementation manner, the process of configuring the gap by the terminal according to the gap configuration information may include: determining a time unit of the starting time or the ending time of the gap according to the gap configuration information; the time unit includes at least one of a System Frame Number (SFN), a subframe (Frame) position, a slot (slot) position, and a symbol (symbol) position.

For example, if the network device configures 2 start time parameters in the gap configuration information, such as the radio frame number information and the subframe information, it can be represented as T _startSFN /T _{startSubframe} Wherein T is _startSFN Associated with the starting radio frame, T _{startSubframe} Is at T _startSFN The starting subframe position in (1). Then, the terminal may set T to the SFN in which the gap start time is located and the corresponding subframe in the SFN, respectively _startSFN mod 1024 (or T) _startSFN ) And T _{startSubframe} 。

As another example, if the network device configures a start time parameter, such as T, in the gap configuration information _start Then the UE sets SFN where the gap start time is located and the corresponding subframe in the SFN to SFN = T respectively _startSFN 10 and T _{startSubframe} mod 10。

As another example, for periodic gap, if the network device configures a start time parameter T in the gap configuration information _start And a period parameter T _priod Then, the terminal may set the SFN in which the gap start time is located and the corresponding subframe in the SFN to SFN mod (T), respectively _priod /10)＝FLOOR(T _startSFN /10) and T _{startSubframe} mod 10。

For another example, if the terminal is configured with the MCG gap and the SCG gap. Determining a time unit in which a start time or an end time of the MCG gap or the SCG gap is located according to a time difference (e.g., SFTD, SFN timing difference) between the MCG and the SCG or a direct time difference between the PCell and the PSCellA meta. For example: the terminal calculates the SFN where the Gap start time of the MCG Gap is located and the corresponding sub-frames in the SFN are respectively T _startSFNMCG ，T _{startSubframeMCG} If the sub-frames in the SFN where the Gap start time of the SCG Gap is located and the SFN are corresponding to the sub-frames are T respectively _startSFNSCG ＝T _{startSubframeMCG} +sfnOffset，T _{startSubframeSCG} ＝T _{startSubframeMCG} + subframe offset. sfnfoffset and subframeOffset are SFN offset amount and subframe time domain offset amount between MCG and SCG.

Based on the foregoing description, the configuration interval procedure given in the present embodiment is further explained below with reference to examples 1 to 3.

Example 1

Assuming that the terminal needs to apply for a periodic gap from the network device, such as an MCG periodic gap and an SCG periodic gap, then:

s11: when receiving first indication information sent by the MN, the terminal sends a first request to the MN through the MCG so as to request the MN to configure (or allocate) a MCG periodic gap; the terminal is instructed to apply for MCG periodic gap from the MN.

S12: when the terminal receives second indication information sent by the SN, the terminal sends a first request to the SN through the SRB3 to request the SN to configure the SCG periodic gap, and the second indication information is used for indicating that the terminal can apply for the SCG periodic gap from the SN.

S13: the terminal receives MCG periodic gap configuration information from the MN and SCG periodic gap configuration information from the SN.

Before or after the terminal receives the MCG periodic Gap configuration information/SCG periodic Gap configuration information, the MN may send the MCG periodic Gap configuration to the SN, and the SN sends the SCG periodic Gap configuration to the MN.

S14: the terminal sends a first request to the MN for modifying the MCG periodic gap configuration.

S15: the terminal receives the updated MCG periodic gap configuration information from the MN, and before or after the terminal receives the updated MCG periodic gap configuration information, the MN can send the updated MCG periodic gap configuration to the SN.

Example 2

Assuming that the terminal needs to apply for per UE gap to the network device, then:

s21: when the terminal receives first indication information sent by the MN, a first request is sent to the MN to request the MN to allocate per UE gap, and the first indication information is used for indicating that the terminal can apply for per UE gap.

S22: the terminal receives per UE gap configuration information from the MN.

Optionally, in the process of configuring the per UE gap for the terminal, the MN sends the first request and/or per UE gap configuration information to the SN. In addition, the MN can also receive a response to the first request sent by the SN, e.g., an SN prediction on per UE gap.

S23: the terminal sends the first request again to the MN requesting to modify per UE gap configuration.

S24: the terminal receives updated per UE gap configuration information from the MN.

Optionally, before or after the terminal receives the updated per UE gap configuration, the MN may send the updated per UE gap configuration information to the SN.

Example 3

Assuming that the terminal needs to apply for per UE gap to the network device during per CG gap, then:

s31: the SN of network a configures the terminal with an SCG gap.

S32: the terminal monitors paging in network B during SCG gap, and receives paging message.

S33: the terminal sends a first request to the MN of network a during SCG gap for configuring per UE gap.

Optionally, the SCG gap is instructed to be deactivated or released. Accordingly, the MN may also indicate to the SN that the terminal is currently deactivated or has released the SCG gap.

S34: the terminal receives per UE gap configuration information configured by the network equipment.

S35: during per UE gap, the terminal sends a busy indication at network B.

In this embodiment, whether the terminal is configured in the DC state is fully considered, so that not only is the flexibility of gap application/configuration improved, but also the gap granularity (e.g., per UE gap, per FR gap, FR1 gap, FR2 gap, per CG gap, MCG gap, SCG gap, periodic gap, etc.) can be refined, and the UE communication performance in the DC state is further ensured.

As shown in fig. 4, a flowchart of a method 400 for configuring an interval provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application is illustrated, and the method 400 may be, but is not limited to being, executed by a terminal, and in particular may be executed by hardware and/or software installed in the terminal. In this embodiment, the method 400 may include at least the following steps.

S410, the terminal sends a first request to the network equipment.

The first request is for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, at least one of the gaps being a gap associated with a DC state.

S420, the terminal receives the gap configuration information sent by the network device.

The gap configuration information is used to configure or reconfigure at least one of the gaps.

It should be noted that the implementation processes in S410 to S420 may refer to the related descriptions in method embodiments 200 and/or 300, and are not described again for avoiding repetition.

S430, the terminal sends a second request to the network equipment.

Wherein the second request is for requesting the network device to use a target gap, the target gap being at least one configured gap.

Wherein the second request includes at least one of the following (1) to (3).

(1) Identification of the target gap.

The identification of the target gap can be indicated in an implicit or display manner.

(2) The type of the target gap.

The type of the target gap may be at least one of per UE gap, per FR gap, FR1 gap, FR2 gap, per CG gap, MCG gap, SCG gap, periodic gap, one shot gap, per direction gap, UL gap, and DL gap.

(3) The start time of the target gap requires an applied time domain offset.

In this embodiment, similar to the sending of the first request, the terminal may further determine, by the MN and/or the SN, whether to allow the terminal to use the target gap.

In one implementation, the terminal may send the second request to the MN if the network device includes the MN and at least one of the following (1) to (5) is satisfied.

(1) The target gap is a gap configured by the MN.

(2) The target gap is MCG-related gap.

(3) The target gap is a gap configured by SN, but SCG is in a deactivated state.

It can be understood that, although Gap is on SCG and when SCG is in a deactivated state, the terminal may execute MSIM task without Gap, but considering that SN does not know whether the terminal uses Gap, in order to ensure reliability of data transmission, SN needs to initiate SCG activation flow if downlink data reaches SN.

(4) During the target gap, the terminal needs to return to the network in advance.

(5) During the target gap, requesting to use other gaps or switching to other gaps, wherein the other gaps are the other gaps except the target gap in at least one gap.

Where the target gap is assumed to be per CG gap, then during per CG gap, the terminal may initiate per UE gap, for example: the per CG gap is used for receiving the paging, and as a result, the per UE gap is applied for sending busy indication (busy indication).

In another implementation, the terminal may send the second request to the SN if the network device includes the SN and at least one of the following (1) - (4) is satisfied.

(1) The target gap is a gap configured by the SN.

(2) The target gap is a gap related to the SCG.

For example, the target gap is a gap configured by the MN, but the target gap is a gap associated with the SCG.

(3) The target gap is a gap configured by the MN or a gap related to the MCG, but the MCG is in an unreachable state.

Wherein, the MCG being in the unreachable state can be understood as: the MCG radio link fails.

(4) During the target gap, the terminal returns to the network in advance.

(5) During the target gap, requesting to use other gaps, or switching to other gaps, the other gaps being other than the target gap.

In addition, the second request described in this embodiment may be sent through the MAC CE or RRC or UCI. In one implementation, if the terminal is configured with SRB3 or split SRB1 and the SCG is active, the terminal may send a second request to the SN.

S440, the terminal uses or does not use the target gap according to the response information when receiving the response information sent by the network device.

It should be noted that, in the foregoing embodiments, if the first Request and the second Request are sent by the terminal during a gap, the first Request or the second Request may be random access initiated by the terminal, a Scheduling Request (SR), a Buffer Status Report (BSR), uplink data or uplink signaling, and the like, which is not limited herein.

Based on the foregoing description, the procedure of configuring the interval in the present embodiment is explained below with reference to examples 1 and 2.

Example 1

Assuming that the terminal needs to apply for a one-shot Gap from the network device, for example, an MCG one-shot Gap and an SCG one-shot Gap, then:

s11: when receiving first indication information sent by the MN, the terminal sends a first request to the MN through the MCG to request the MN to allocate an MCG one shot gap, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating that the terminal can apply for the MCG one shot gap from the MN.

S12: when receiving second indication information sent by the SN, the terminal sends a first request to the SN through the SRB3, and requests the SN to distribute the SCG one shot gap, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating that the terminal can apply for the SCG one shot gap from the SN.

S13: the terminal receives MCG one shot gap configuration information from the MN and receives SCG one shot gap configuration information from the SN.

S14: and the terminal sends a second request to the SN to request to use the SCG one shot gap.

S15: and the terminal uses the SCG one shot gap to go to the network of another card to execute the service.

S16: if the terminal returns to the network in advance while the SCG one shot gap is running, the terminal may perform one of the following (1) to (6).

(1) And initiating random access to the SN.

(2) An SR is sent to the SN.

(3) A BSR is sent to the SN.

(4) And sending uplink data to the SN.

(5) And sending other uplink signaling to the SN.

(6) A return notification is sent to the MN.

Example 2

s21: the SN of network a configures the terminal with an SCG gap.

S22: the terminal monitors paging in network B during SCG gap, and receives paging message.

S23: the terminal sends a second request to the MN of network a during the SCG gap, applying for using the configured per UE gap.

In this embodiment, when applying for the gap configuration information from the network device through the first request, the network device is further requested to use the target gap through the second request, so that synchronization of the transceiving state between the terminal and the network device can be maintained on the basis of improving flexibility of gap configuration, and data scheduled by a certain node is prevented from being lost when the terminal is switched to another network to execute a service.

As shown in fig. 5, a flowchart of a method 500 for configuring an interval according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application is provided, where the method 500 may be, but is not limited to being, executed by a terminal, and in particular may be executed by hardware and/or software installed in the terminal. In this embodiment, the method 500 may include at least the following steps.

S510, a network device receives a first request sent by a terminal, where the first request is used to request the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a DC status.

S520, the network equipment sends gap configuration information to the terminal.

Wherein the gap configuration information is used for the terminal to configure or reconfigure at least one gap. In a possible implementation, in a case where the terminal is configured in the DC state, the network device includes a primary node MN or a secondary node SN, and the gap configuration information is determined by the MN and/or the SN; in case the terminal is not configured in the DC state, the network node comprises a first serving base station providing access service for the terminal, the gap configuration information is determined by the first serving base station and/or a second serving base station, the second serving base station comprises at least one candidate SN.

In another possible implementation manner, the first request carries at least one of the following: gap identification; a gap type; relevant time information of gap; first indication information for indicating a request type of the first request, wherein the request type comprises at least one of adding a gap configuration, modifying the gap configuration and releasing the gap configuration; second indication information for requesting to enable or disable at least one gap; third indication information for indicating that the terminal returns to the network in advance during the gap; fourth indication information, configured to indicate that the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap during the gap, or that the terminal requests to switch the gap during the gap; fifth indication information for indicating a dual-connection DC-related operation mode of the terminal during the gap.

In another possible implementation, the gap type includes at least one of: per UE gap, per FR gap, FR1 gap, FR2 gap, per CG gap, MCG gap, SCG gap, periodic gap, one shot gap, gap per transmission direction, UL gap, DL gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the relevant time information of the gap includes at least one of a gap length, a gap period, a gap start time, a gap end time, and a gap scaling factor.

In another possible implementation manner, the gap configuration information includes at least one of the following: gap identification; a gap type; relevant time information of gap; sixth indication information for indicating enabling or disabling of at least one gap configuration; seventh indication information, configured to instruct the terminal to release at least one gap configuration; eighth indication information for indicating a DC-related operation mode during the gap; ninth indication information, which is used for indicating the terminal to switch the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by the MN: configuration of per UE gap; configuration of per FR gap; the configuration of the FR1 gap when the terminal is configured with intra-FR1 DC; the configuration of the FR2 gap when the terminal is configured with intra-FR2 DC; the configuration of the FR1 gap in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; configuration of the MCG gap; the configuration of one shot gap requested by the MN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the MN.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by the SN: the configuration of the FR1 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; configuration of the SCG gap; the configuration of the one shot gap requested by the SN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the SN.

In another possible implementation, the MN sends to the SN at least one of: at least part of information carried in the first request; at least part of gap configuration information configured by the MN; under the condition that the SN is the switched target SN, at least part of gap configuration information configured by the source SN; under the condition that the SN is the switched target SN, the source SN receives at least part of information in the first request; configuration information of a gap requested to be used by the terminal, or configuration information of a gap being used by the terminal.

In another possible implementation, the SN sends to the MN at least one of: at least part of information carried in the first request; at least part of gap configuration information of the SN configuration; the terminal requests configuration information of the gap to be used, or configuration information of the gap being used by the terminal.

In another possible implementation manner, the method further includes: the network equipment receives a second request sent by the terminal, wherein the second request is used for requesting the network equipment to use a target gap, and the target gap belongs to at least one gap; and the network equipment sends response information to the terminal, wherein the response information is used for indicating the terminal to use or not use the target gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the second request includes at least one of the following items: an identification of the target gap; the type of the target gap; the start time of the target gap requires an applied time domain offset.

It should be noted that, in the implementation process of each implementation manner provided in this embodiment, reference may be made to the relevant description in method embodiments 200 to 400, and in order to avoid repetition, this embodiment is not described again.

In this embodiment, whether the terminal is configured in the DC state is fully considered, and then the gap configuration is requested to the corresponding network device, so that flexible gap configuration can be implemented according to the DC state, problems such as transmitting information related to gap configuration between network interfaces and the like are avoided, application/configuration delay of gap and system signaling overhead are reduced, and communication performance of the UE in the DC state (or architecture) is improved.

It should be noted that, in the method for configuring an interval 200-500 provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution main body may be a device for configuring an interval, or a control module in the device for configuring an interval, for executing the method for configuring an interval 200-500. The method 200-500 for executing configuration intervals by a device configured with intervals in the embodiment of the present application is taken as an example to illustrate the device configured with intervals provided in the embodiment of the present application.

As shown in fig. 6, a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 600 for configuring a gap according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application is provided, where the apparatus 600 is applied to a terminal, and the apparatus 600 includes: a first sending module 610, configured to send a first request to a network device, the first request requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, at least one of the gaps being a gap related to a DC state; a first receiving module 620, configured to receive gap configuration information sent by the network device, where the gap configuration information is used to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

In a possible implementation, in a case that the terminal is configured in a DC state, the network device includes a MN and/or a SN, and the gap configuration information is determined by the MN and/or the SN; in case the terminal is not configured in the DC state, the network node comprises a first serving base station providing access service for the terminal, the gap configuration information is determined by the first serving base station and/or a second serving base station, the second serving base station comprises at least one candidate SN.

In another possible implementation manner, the first request carries at least one of the following: gap identification; a gap type; relevant time information of gap; first indication information for indicating a request type of the first request, wherein the request type comprises at least one of adding a gap configuration, modifying the gap configuration and releasing the gap configuration; second indication information for requesting enabling or disabling of at least one gap; third indication information for indicating that the terminal returns to the network in advance during the gap; fourth indication information, configured to indicate that the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap during the gap, or that the terminal requests to switch the gap during the gap; fifth indication information for indicating a dual-connection DC-related operation mode of the terminal during the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the first sending module 610 sends the first request to the MN if at least one of the following conditions is met: the first request is to request configuration or reconfiguration of per UE gap; the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of an FR1 gap; the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure an FR2 gap; the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of the MCG gap; the first request is for requesting configuration of an SCG gap when no SN is added; the terminal performs Conditional Handover (CHO); the first request is used for requesting the terminal to return to the network in advance during the gap; the first request is used for requesting the terminal to reconfigure the gap during the gap or switch the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the first sending module 610 sends the first request to the MN through an MCG; and/or sending the first request to the MN over a split signaling radio bearer SRB1 or SRB 3.

In another possible implementation manner, the first sending module 610 sends the first request to the SN if at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the first request is for requesting a configuration or reconfiguration of an SCG gap; in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR1, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR1 gap; in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR2, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR2 gap; the terminal performs CPC; during gap configured by the SN, the terminal returns to the network in advance; and during the gap configured by the SN, the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap or switch the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the sending module 610 sends the first request to the SN, where the sending request includes any one of: in the case that the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 and the SCG where the terminal is located is in an active state, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through the split SRB1 or SRB 3; in case the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 but the SCG is in an inactive state, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through MCG; and in the case that the terminal is not configured with split SRB1 or SRB3, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through the MCG.

In another possible implementation manner, the gap configuration information includes at least one of the following: gap identification; a gap type; relevant time information of gap; sixth indication information for indicating enabling or disabling of at least one gap configuration; seventh indication information for indicating the terminal to release at least one gap configuration; eighth indication information for indicating a DC-related operation mode during the gap; ninth indication information, configured to indicate the terminal to switch the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by the MN: configuration of per UE gap; configuration of per FR gap; the configuration of the FR1 gap when the terminal is configured with intra-FR1 DC; the configuration of the FR2 gap in the case that the terminal is configured with intra-FR2 DC; the configuration of FR1 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; the configuration of FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; configuration of the MCG gap; the configuration of one shot gap requested by the MN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the MN.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by a SN; the configuration of the FR1 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; configuration of the SCG gap; the configuration of the one shot gap requested by the SN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the SN.

In another possible implementation manner, the apparatus 600 further includes: and the configuration module is used for configuring or reconfiguring at least one gap according to the gap configuration information.

In another possible implementation manner, the configuration module is configured to determine a time unit in which a start time or an end time of the gap is located according to the gap configuration information; wherein the time unit comprises at least one of a system frame number, a subframe position, a slot position, and a symbol position.

In another possible implementation manner, the configuration module is configured to determine a time unit in which a start time or an end time of the MCG gap or the SCG gap is located according to a time difference between the MCG and the SCG.

In another possible implementation manner, the first sending module 610 is further configured to send a second request to the network device, where the second request is used to request the network device to use a target gap, and the target gap is at least one configured gap; the first receiving module 620 is further configured to, in a case that response information sent by the network device is received, use or not use the target gap according to the response information.

In another possible implementation manner, the first sending module 610 sends the second request to the MN if at least one of the following conditions is met: the target gap is a gap configured by the MN; the target gap is related to MCG; the target gap is a gap configured by SN, but the SCG is in a deactivated state; during the target gap, the terminal returns to the network in advance; and during the target gap, requesting to use other gaps or switching to other gaps, wherein the other gaps are the other gaps except the target gap in at least one gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the first sending module 610 sends the second request to the SN if at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the target gap is a gap configured by the SN; the target gap is a gap related to the SCG; the target gap is a gap configured by the MN or a gap related to the MCG, but the MCG is in an unreachable state; (ii) a During the target gap, the terminal returns to the network in advance; during the target gap, requesting to use other gaps, or switching to other gaps, the other gaps being other than the target gap.

As shown in fig. 7, a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus 700 for configuring an interval according to another exemplary embodiment of the present application is applied to a network device, where the apparatus 700 includes: a second receiving module 710, configured to receive a first request sent by a terminal, where the first request is used to request the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap; a second sending module 720, configured to send gap configuration information to the terminal, where the gap configuration information is used for the terminal to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the first request carries at least one of the following: gap identification; a gap type; relevant time information of gap; first indication information, configured to indicate a request type of the first request, where the request type includes at least one of adding a gap configuration, modifying a gap configuration, and releasing a gap configuration; second indication information for requesting enabling or disabling of at least one gap; third indication information for indicating that the terminal returns to the network in advance during the gap; fourth indication information, configured to indicate that the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap during the gap, or that the terminal requests to switch the gap during the gap; fifth indication information for indicating a dual-connection DC-related operation mode of the terminal during the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the time information related to the gap includes at least one of a gap length, a gap period, a gap start time, a gap end time, and a gap scale factor.

In another possible implementation manner, the gap configuration information includes at least one of the following: gap identification; a gap type; relevant time information of gap; sixth indication information for indicating enabling or disabling of at least one gap configuration; seventh indication information, configured to instruct the terminal to release at least one gap configuration; eighth indication information for indicating a DC-related operation mode during the gap; ninth indication information, configured to indicate the terminal to switch the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by the MN: configuration of per UE gap; configuration of per FR gap; the configuration of the FR1 gap in case that the terminal is configured with intra-FR1 DC; the configuration of the FR2 gap when the terminal is configured with intra-FR2 DC; the configuration of the FR1 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; configuration of the MCG gap; the configuration of one shot gap requested by the MN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the MN.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by the SN: the configuration of the FR1 gap in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; configuration of the SCG gap; the configuration of the one shot gap requested by the SN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the SN.

In another possible implementation manner, the second sending module 720 sends, to the SN, at least one of the following: at least part of information carried in the first request; at least part of gap configuration information configured by the MN; under the condition that the SN is the switched target SN, at least part of gap configuration information configured by the source SN; under the condition that the SN is the switched target SN, the source SN receives at least part of information in the first request; the terminal requests configuration information of the gap to be used, or configuration information of the gap being used by the terminal.

In another possible implementation manner, the second sending module 720 sends, to the MN, at least one of the following: at least part of information carried in the first request; at least part of gap configuration information of the SN configuration; configuration information of a gap requested to be used by the terminal, or configuration information of a gap being used by the terminal.

In another possible implementation manner, the second receiving module 710 is further configured to receive a second request sent by the terminal, where the second request is used to request the network device to use a target gap, and the target gap belongs to at least one gap; the second sending module 720 is further configured to send response information to the terminal, where the response information is used to indicate that the terminal uses or does not use the target gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the second request includes at least one of the following: an identification of the target gap; the type of the target gap; the start time of the target gap requires an applied time domain offset.

The

device

600 or 700 configuring the interval in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, a device or an electronic device having an operating system, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device or the electronic equipment can be a mobile terminal or a non-mobile terminal. For example, the mobile terminal may include, but is not limited to, the above-listed type of terminal 11, and the non-mobile terminal may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a kiosk, or the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not limited in particular.

The

device

600 or 700 provided by the embodiment of the present application and configured with the spacing can implement the processes implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 2 to 5, and achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, the description is not repeated here.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a terminal, which includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the processes implemented in the method embodiments 200 to 400. The terminal embodiment corresponds to the terminal-side method embodiment, and all implementation processes and implementation manners of the method embodiment can be applied to the terminal embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect. Specifically, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing the embodiment of the present application.

The terminal 800 includes but is not limited to: at least some of the components of the radio frequency unit 801, the network module 802, the audio output unit 803, the input unit 804, the sensor 805, the display unit 806, the user input unit 807, the interface unit 808, the memory 809, and the processor 810, and the like.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal 800 may further include a power supply (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power supply may be logically connected to the processor 810 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. The terminal structure shown in fig. 8 does not constitute a limitation to the terminal, and the terminal may include more or less components than those shown in the figure, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and the description is omitted here.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 804 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 8042, and the Graphics processor 8041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 806 may include a display panel 8061, and the display panel 8061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 807 includes a touch panel 8071 and other input devices 8072. A touch panel 8071, also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 8071 may include two portions of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 8072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

In the embodiment of the present application, the radio frequency unit 801 receives downlink data from a network device, and then processes the downlink data to the processor 810; in addition, the uplink data is sent to the network device. Typically, radio frequency unit 801 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like.

Memory 809 may be used to store software programs or instructions and various data. The memory 809 may mainly include a stored program or instruction area and a stored data area, wherein the stored program or instruction area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. In addition, the Memory 809 can include a high-speed random access Memory, and can also include a nonvolatile Memory, wherein the nonvolatile Memory can be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable Programmable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-volatile solid state storage device.

Processor 810 may include one or more processing units; alternatively, the processor 810 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating system, user interface, and applications or instructions, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 810.

A radio frequency unit 801, configured to send a first request to a network device, where the first request is used to request the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a DC state; and receiving gap configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the gap configuration information is used for configuring or reconfiguring at least one gap.

In another possible implementation, the gap type includes at least one of: gap of each terminal per UE, gap of each frequency range per FR, FR1 gap, FR2 gap, gap of each cell group per CG, gap of the master cell group MCG, gap of the auxiliary cell group SCG, periodic gap, one shot gap, gap of each transmission direction, gap of the uplink direction, and gap of the downlink direction.

In another possible implementation manner, the sending, by the radio frequency unit 801, a first request to a network device includes: the terminal sends a first request to the MN if at least one of the following is satisfied: the first request is to request configuration or reconfiguration of per UE gap; the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of an FR1 gap; the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of FR2 gap; the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of an MCG gap; the first request is used for requesting to configure the SCG gap when the SN is not added; the terminal performs Conditional Handover (CHO); the first request is used for requesting the terminal to return to the network in advance during the gap; the first request is used for requesting the terminal to reconfigure the gap during the gap or switch the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the radio frequency unit 801 sends the first request to the MN through an MCG; and/or sending the first request to the MN over a split signaling radio bearer SRB1 or SRB 3.

In another possible implementation manner, the radio frequency unit 801 sends the first request to the SN if at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the first request is for requesting a configuration or reconfiguration of an SCG gap; in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR1, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR1 gap; in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR2, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR2 gap; the terminal executes conditional primary and secondary cell switching (CPC); during gap configured by the SN, the terminal returns to the network in advance; during the gap configured by the SN, the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap or switch the gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the radio frequency unit 801 sends a first request to the SN, where the first request includes any one of: in the case that the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 and the SCG where the terminal is located is in an active state, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through the split SRB1 or SRB 3; in case the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 but the SCG is in an inactive state, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through MCG; in case the terminal is not configured with split SRB1 or SRB3, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through MCG.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by the MN: configuring per UE gap; configuration of per FR gap; the configuration of the FR1 gap when the terminal is configured with intra-FR1 DC; the configuration of the FR2 gap in the case where the terminal is configured with intra-FR2 DC; the configuration of FR1 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; configuration of the MCG gap; the configuration of one shot gap requested by the MN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the MN.

In another possible implementation manner, at least one of the following items included in the gap configuration information is determined by an SN; the configuration of the FR1 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1; the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2; configuration of the SCG gap; the configuration of the one shot gap requested by the SN; configuration of periodic gap requested from the SN.

In another possible implementation manner, the processor 810 is configured to configure or reconfigure at least one gap according to the gap configuration information.

In another possible implementation manner, the processor 810 is configured to determine a time unit in which a start time or an end time of the gap is located according to the gap configuration information; wherein the time unit comprises at least one of a system frame number, a subframe position, a slot position, and a symbol position.

In another possible implementation manner, the processor 810 is configured to determine a time unit in which a start time or an end time of the MCG gap or the SCG gap is located according to a time difference between the MCG and the SCG.

In another possible implementation manner, the radio frequency unit 801 is further configured to send a second request to the network device, where the second request is used to request the network device to use a target gap, where the target gap is at least one configured gap; and under the condition of receiving response information sent by the network equipment, using or not using the target gap according to the response information.

In another possible implementation manner, the radio frequency unit 801 sends the second request to the MN if at least one of the following conditions is met: the target gap is a gap configured by the MN; the target gap is MCG-related gap; the target gap is a gap configured by SN, but SCG is in a deactivation state; during the target gap, the terminal returns to the network in advance; during the target gap, requesting to use other gaps or switching to other gaps, wherein the other gaps are the other gaps except the target gap in at least one gap.

In another possible implementation manner, the radio frequency unit 801 sends the second request to the SN if at least one of the following conditions is satisfied: the target gap is a gap configured by the SN; the target gap is a gap related to the SCG; the target gap is a gap configured by the MN or a gap related to the MCG, but the MCG is in an unreachable state; (ii) a During the target gap, the terminal returns to the network in advance; during the target gap, requesting to use other gaps, or switching to other gaps, the other gaps being other than the target gap.

By fully considering whether the terminal is configured in the DC state or not and then requesting the corresponding network equipment for gap configuration, flexible gap configuration can be realized according to the DC state, the problems of transmitting gap configuration related information between network interfaces and the like are avoided, the application/configuration time delay of the gap and the system signaling overhead are reduced, and the communication performance of the UE in the DC state (or architecture) is improved.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a network device, which includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to … or implement the method according to …. The network device embodiment corresponds to the network device method embodiment, and all implementation processes and implementation manners of the method embodiment can be applied to the network device embodiment and can achieve the same technical effect.

Specifically, the embodiment of the application further provides a network device. As shown in fig. 9, the network device 900 includes: antenna 901, radio frequency device 902, baseband device 903. The antenna 901 is connected to a radio frequency device 902. In the uplink direction, rf device 902 receives information via antenna 901 and sends the received information to baseband device 903 for processing. In the downlink direction, the baseband device 903 processes information to be transmitted and transmits the information to the radio frequency device 92, and the radio frequency device 92 processes the received information and transmits the processed information through the antenna 91.

The above-mentioned frequency band processing means may be located in the baseband device 903, and the method performed by the network device in the above embodiment may be implemented in the baseband device 903, where the baseband device 903 includes a processor 904 and a memory 905.

The baseband device 903 may include at least one baseband board, for example, a plurality of chips are disposed on the baseband board, as shown in fig. 9, where one of the chips, for example, the processor 904, is connected to the memory 905 to call the program in the memory 905 to perform the network device operations shown in the above method embodiments.

The baseband device 903 may further include a network interface 906 for exchanging information with the radio frequency device 902, for example, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI).

Specifically, the network device according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes: the instructions or programs stored in the memory 905 and capable of being executed on the processor 904, and the processor 904 calls the instructions or programs in the memory 905 to execute the method executed by each module shown in fig. 7, and achieve the same technical effect, and are not described herein in detail to avoid repetition.

The embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the method embodiment for configuring an interval, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the terminal described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM).

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a network device program or an instruction, to implement each process of the above method and embodiment for configuring an interval, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip or a system-on-chip, etc.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer program product, where the computer program product includes a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, and when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor, the computer program product implements each process of the method embodiment of configuring an interval, and can achieve the same technical effect, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a … …" does not exclude the presence of another identical element in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order with respect to the functions noted, for example, the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the above embodiment method can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better embodiment. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a computer software product stored in a storage medium (e.g., ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), and including instructions for enabling a terminal (e.g., a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method of configuring a gap, comprising:

a terminal sends a first request to a network device, wherein the first request is used for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connection DC state;

and the terminal receives gap configuration information sent by the network equipment, wherein the gap configuration information is used for configuring or reconfiguring at least one gap.

2. The method of claim 1,

in the case that the terminal is configured in a DC state, the network device comprises a primary node MN and/or a secondary node SN, and the gap configuration information is determined by the MN and/or the SN;

in case the terminal is not configured in the DC state, the network node comprises a first serving base station providing access service for the terminal, the gap configuration information is determined by the first serving base station and/or a second serving base station, the second serving base station comprises at least one candidate SN.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first request carries at least one of:

gap identification;

a gap type;

relevant time information of gap;

first indication information for indicating a request type of the first request, wherein the request type comprises at least one of adding a gap configuration, modifying the gap configuration and releasing the gap configuration;

second indication information for requesting to enable or disable at least one gap;

third indication information for indicating that the terminal returns to the network in advance during the gap;

fourth indication information, configured to indicate that the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap during the gap, or that the terminal requests to switch the gap during the gap;

fifth indication information for indicating a DC-related operation mode of the terminal during gap.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the type of gap comprises at least one of:

gap of each terminal per UE, gap of each frequency range per FR, FR1 gap, FR2 gap, gap of each cell group per CG, gap of the master cell group MCG, gap of the auxiliary cell group SCG, periodic gap, one shot gap, gap of each transmission direction, gap of the uplink direction, and gap of the downlink direction.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the time information related to the gap comprises at least one of a gap length, a gap period, a gap start time, a gap end time, and a gap scale factor.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the terminal sends a first request to the network device, comprising:

the terminal sends a first request to the MN if at least one of the following is satisfied:

the first request is to request configuration or reconfiguration of per UE gap;

the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of an FR1 gap;

the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure an FR2 gap;

the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of the MCG gap;

the first request is used for requesting to configure the SCG gap when the SN is not added;

the terminal performs Conditional Handover (CHO);

the first request is used for requesting the terminal to return to the network in advance during the gap;

the first request is used for requesting the terminal to reconfigure the gap during the gap or switch the gap.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein sending a first request to the MN comprises:

sending the first request to the MN through the MCG; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

sending the first request to the MN over a split signaling radio bearer SRB1 or SRB 3.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the terminal sends the first request to the network device, comprising:

the terminal sends a first request to the SN if at least one of the following is satisfied:

the first request is for requesting configuration or reconfiguration of an SCG gap;

in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR1, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR1 gap;

in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR2, the first request is for requesting to configure or reconfigure FR2 gap;

the terminal executes conditional primary and secondary cell switching (CPC);

during gap configured by the SN, the terminal returns to the network in advance;

during the gap configured by the SN, the terminal requests to reconfigure the gap or switch the gap.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the terminal sends a first request to the SN, comprising any of:

in the case that the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 and the SCG where the terminal is located is in an active state, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through the split SRB1 or SRB 3;

in case the terminal is configured with split SRB1 or SRB3 but the SCG is in an inactive state, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through MCG;

and in the case that the terminal is not configured with split SRB1 or SRB3, the terminal sends the first request to the SN through the MCG.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the gap configuration information comprises at least one of:

gap identification;

a gap type;

relevant time information of gap;

sixth indication information for indicating enabling or disabling of the at least one gap configuration;

seventh indication information for indicating the terminal to release at least one gap configuration;

eighth indication information for indicating a DC-related operation mode during the gap;

ninth indication information, configured to indicate the terminal to switch the gap.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the following included in the gap configuration information is determined by the MN:

configuration of per UE gap;

the configuration of per FR gap;

the configuration of the FR1 gap when the terminal is configured with intra-FR1 DC;

the configuration of the FR2 gap when the terminal is configured with intra-FR2 DC;

the configuration of the FR1 gap in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2;

the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1;

configuration of the MCG gap;

the configuration of one shot gap requested by the MN;

configuration of periodic gap requested from the MN.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the following included in the gap configuration information is determined by the SN;

the configuration of the FR1 gap in the case that the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1;

the configuration of the FR2 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR1 and SCG FR 2;

configuration of the SCG gap;

the configuration of the one shot gap requested by the SN;

configuration of periodic gap requested from the SN.

13. The method according to any of claims 1-12, wherein after the terminal receives the gap configuration information sent by the network device, the method further comprises:

and the terminal configures or reconfigures at least one gap according to the gap configuration information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein configuring the gap according to the gap configuration information comprises:

determining a time unit where the starting time or the ending time of the gap is located according to the gap configuration information;

wherein the time unit comprises at least one of a system frame number, a subframe position, a slot position, and a symbol position.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining a time unit in which a start time or an end time of the gap is located according to the gap configuration information comprises:

and determining a time unit where the starting time or the ending time of the MCG gap or the SCG gap is located according to the time difference between the MCG and the SCG.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

the terminal sends a second request to the network equipment, wherein the second request is used for requesting the network equipment to use a target gap, and the target gap is at least one configured gap;

and under the condition of receiving response information sent by the network equipment, using or not using the target gap according to the response information.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second request includes at least one of:

an identification of the target gap;

the type of the target gap;

the start time of the target gap requires an applied time domain offset.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the terminal sends the second request to the MN if at least one of:

the target gap is a gap configured by the MN;

the target gap is MCG related gap;

the target gap is a gap configured by SN or a gap related to the SCG, but the SCG is in a deactivated state or in an unreachable state;

the terminal returns to the network in advance during the target gap;

during the target gap, requesting to use other gaps or switching to other gaps, wherein the other gaps are the other gaps except the target gap in at least one gap.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the second request is sent to the SN if at least one of:

the target gap is a gap configured by the SN;

the target gap is a gap related to the SCG;

the target gap is a gap configured by the MN or a gap related to the MCG, but the MCG is in an unreachable state;

the terminal returns to the network in advance during the target gap;

during the target gap, requesting to use other gaps, or switching to other gaps, the other gaps being other than the target gap.

20. A method of configuring a gap, comprising:

the method comprises the steps that a network device receives a first request sent by a terminal, wherein the first request is used for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connection DC state;

and the network equipment sends gap configuration information to the terminal, wherein the gap configuration information is used for the terminal to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

21. The method of claim 20,

in the case that the terminal is configured in a dual connectivity DC state, the network device comprises a primary node MN or a secondary node SN, the gap configuration information being determined by the MN and/or the SN;

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the first request carries at least one of:

gap identification;

a gap type;

relevant time information of gap;

first indication information, configured to indicate a request type of the first request, where the request type includes at least one of adding a gap configuration, modifying a gap configuration, and releasing a gap configuration;

fifth indication information for indicating a dual-connection DC-related operation mode of the terminal during gap.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the type of gap comprises at least one of:

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the time information related to the gap comprises at least one of a gap length, a gap period, a gap start time, a gap end time, and a gap scale factor.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the gap configuration information comprises at least one of:

gap identification;

a gap type;

relevant time information of gap;

sixth indication information for indicating enabling or disabling of at least one gap configuration;

26. The method of claim 25, wherein at least one of the following included in the gap configuration information is determined by the MN:

configuration of per UE gap;

the configuration of per FR gap;

configuration of the MCG gap;

the configuration of one shot gap requested by the MN;

configuration of periodic gap requested from the MN.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein at least one of the following included in the gap configuration information is determined by the SN:

the configuration of the FR1 gap in case the terminal is configured with MCG FR2 and SCG FR 1;

configuration of the SCG gap;

the configuration of the one shot gap requested by the SN;

configuration of periodic gap requested from the SN.

28. The method of claim 21, wherein the MN sends to the SN at least one of:

at least part of information carried in the first request;

at least part of gap configuration information configured by the MN;

under the condition that the SN is the switched target SN, at least part of gap configuration information configured by the source SN;

under the condition that the SN is the switched target SN, the source SN receives at least part of information in the first request;

configuration information of a gap requested to be used by the terminal, or configuration information of a gap being used by the terminal.

29. The method of claim 21, wherein the SN sends to the MN at least one of:

at least part of information carried in the first request;

at least part of gap configuration information of the SN configuration;

30. The method of claim 21, wherein the method further comprises:

the network equipment receives a second request sent by the terminal, wherein the second request is used for requesting the network equipment to use a target gap, and the target gap belongs to at least one gap;

and the network equipment sends response information to the terminal, wherein the response information is used for indicating the terminal to use or not use the target gap.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the second request includes at least one of:

an identification of the target gap;

the type of the target gap;

the start time of the target gap requires an applied time domain offset.

32. An apparatus for configuring a gap, applied to a terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a first sending module, configured to send a first request to a network device, where the first request is for requesting the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one of the gaps is a gap related to a dual-connectivity DC state;

a first receiving module, configured to receive gap configuration information sent by the network device, where the gap configuration information is used to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

33. The apparatus of claim 32,

in the case that the terminal is configured in a dual connectivity DC state, the network device comprises a primary node MN and/or a secondary node SN, the gap configuration information being determined by the MN and/or the SN;

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the first request carries at least one of:

gap identification;

a gap type;

relevant time information of gap;

second indication information for requesting enabling or disabling of at least one gap;

fifth indication information for indicating a dual-connection DC-related operation mode of the terminal during the gap.

35. The apparatus of any one of claims 32-34, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

and the configuration module is used for configuring or reconfiguring at least one gap according to the gap configuration information.

36. The apparatus of claim 32,

the first sending module is further configured to send a second request to the network device, where the second request is used to request the network device to use a target gap, and the target gap is at least one configured gap;

the first receiving module is further configured to use or not use the target gap according to the response information when receiving the response information sent by the network device.

37. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the second request includes at least one of:

an identification of the target gap;

the type of the target gap;

the start time of the target gap requires an applied time domain offset.

38. An apparatus for configuring an interval, applied to a network device, the apparatus comprising:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a first request sent by a terminal, where the first request is used to request the network device to configure or reconfigure at least one gap, and at least one gap is a gap related to a dual-connectivity DC state;

a second sending module, configured to send gap configuration information to the terminal, where the gap configuration information is used for the terminal to configure or reconfigure at least one gap.

39. The apparatus of claim 38,

40. The apparatus of claim 38, wherein the first request carries at least one of:

gap identification;

a gap type;

relevant time information of gap;

41. The apparatus of claim 38,

a second receiving module, further configured to receive a second request sent by the terminal, where the second request is used to request the network device to use a target gap, and the target gap belongs to at least one gap;

the second sending module is further configured to send response information to the terminal, where the response information is used to indicate that the terminal uses or does not use the target gap.

42. The apparatus of claim 41, wherein the second request includes at least one of:

an identification of the target gap;

the type of the target gap;

the start time of the target gap requires an applied time domain offset.

43. A terminal comprising a processor, a memory and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 19.

44. A network device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the method of any one of claims 20 to 31.

45. A readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which program or instructions, when executed by a processor, carry out the method of any one of claims 1 to 19, or carry out the steps of the method of any one of claims 20 to 31.